Each week we present you with the latest featured study from the research teams at JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association. Check out the video for intriguing…
Each week we present you with the latest featured study from the research teams at JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association. Check out the video for intriguing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with diabetes and hypertension, an antihypertensive regimen combining an ACE inhibitor with a calcium channel blocker provides better protection against cardiovascular…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was just as effective and safe as ciprofloxacin in a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the treatment of nodular goiter, the effect of radioiodine (I-131) therapy is potentiated by neoadjuvant administration of recombinant human thyroid stimulating hormone…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The addition of prophylactic phenobarbital to whole-body cooling reduced seizures in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in a small observational study. According to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravenous magnesium sulfate infusions may not help patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, according to a study published in the August issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nine times out of 10, patients admitted to a U.S. hospital for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are treated initially…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The novel antiarrhythmic agent vernakalant is a safe and effective agent for pharmacologic conversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in hemodynamically stable patients,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nonintravenous midazolam (Versed) is better at ending status epilepticus than diazepam (Valium) in children and young adults, and is just as safe, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Inhaled anticholinergics may increase the risk of community-acquired pneumonia in asthma patients, results of a Spanish case-control study suggest. The findings, published online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Propofol may be preferable to ketamine for procedural sedation in the emergency department, researchers conclude in a study published online June 2 in…
